Posted on 06/26/2006 12:25:10 PM PDT by abb
The interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder plans to announce at 2 p.m. today whether CU will fire ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill.
A majority of professors on a university committee that investigates academic misconduct recommended two weeks ago that Churchill be fired for a "pattern of repeated, intentional misrepresentation."
In a secret ballot, six committee members recommended dismissal and three recommended suspension without pay. Two of the three recommended a five-year suspension and one a two-year suspension.
In a 20-page report, the committee agreed with a May investigative committee report that Churchill intentionally falsified his research, plagiarized other people's work and ghostwrote articles and then cited those to buttress his work.
Churchill and his attorney have threatened to sue CU if he is fired. They accuse the university of retaliating against the tenured professor because
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UC Santa Cruz
I had to look that one up....
...but it was worth it ;o)
The interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder announced today that CU wants to fire ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill.
"Today I issued to Professor Churchill a notice of intent to dismiss him from his faculty position here at the University of Colorado," said Phil DiStefano at a press conference.
Churchill has 10 days to appeal.
"A university is a marketplace of ideas, a place where controversy is no stranger...indeed one of our most cherished principals is academic freedom, the right to pursue and disseminate knowledge without threat of sanction," said DiStefano. "But with freedom comes responsibility."
A university committee that investigates academic misconduct recommended two weeks ago that Churchill be fired for a "pattern of repeated, intentional misrepresentation."
In a secret ballot, six committee members recommended dismissal and three recommended suspension without pay. Two of the three recommended a five-year suspension and one a two-year suspension.
Universities live by enrollments. If Churchill has caused enrollments to go down, he's history. On the other hand if enrollments are not affected he is free to be as obnoxious as he wishes.
I sent the U of Colo a letter last year during the high Churchill hoopla to the effect that my money and my child will NOT be even thinking about attending U of Colo until this fraud is GONE!
Indian princess "Dances with Baloney" ponders her fate at CU...
Normally i try to make important posts of ideas but on this one.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :)
As soon as I posted it I was kicking myself for not saying, "Leaping lesbians!" Sounds much better. :-)
Funny, he don't look Sioux-ish
haha!
I dunno.
They really shouldn't rush into this.
LOL, glad they were able to get past the 'freedom to lie' part!! Without pressure they would never have caved.
Good riddance - Adios FOOL!
Hi Smartass! That gif poses possibilities you wouldn't believe, lol! Chicken seems popular these days.
Well now, hat is VERY GOOD news Smartass.
Thanks for the ping.
Thanks for the ping!
I am glad to see they finally took my advice and fired this liberal loser. :)
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